Can Hiv Cause Dementia

My niece has been estranged from my family for over 30 years and I decided to try to track her down last year. I was able to easily as she had recently gotten arrested and was in jail. We corresponded during the past 18 months and my husband and I...

...She most certainly has AIDS. Her symptoms are consistent with HIV-associated dementia, which qualifies her for a diagnosis of AIDS.One question is whether or not she was regularly taking her ART meds in prison and
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...dementia's damage is to the basal ganglia, the same area affected in Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's destroys the cells; in AIDSdementia the problem is massive inflammation. Indeed, McArthur and colleagues have been testing the benefits of...
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... A new study revealed 31 percent of HIV patients in Uganda had AIDS-related dementia. This alarmingly high rate could mean HIV/AIDS is one of the leading causes of dementia in the world, alongside Alzheimer's disease and strokes. "If the rate we...
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...Introduction Dementia is a brain disorder that affects a person's ability to think clearly and can impact his or her daily activities. AIDSdementia complex (ADC) -- dementia caused by HIV infection -- is a complicated syndrome made up of...
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...million effort to find treatments to counteract HIV's effects on the human brain. In the early years of the epidemic, AIDSdementia caused some with the disease to degenerate to the level of end-stage Alzheimer's patients; death typically...
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...are losing control of your emotions and your higher brain functions due to HIV is most distressing. My HIV specialist and my AIDS neurologist at UCLA have both told me that the occurrence of HIVdementia is not related to either viral load or...
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...You can be somewhat functional and still have HAD. Manifestations of Dementia Early manifestations of dementia may include the following: Decreased attention or concentration Reduced speed of information
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